The House across the Bay
The wife of a gangster in Alcatraz buys a flat to be near him, but falls in love with someone else; her husband is killed trying to escape when he finds out.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Steve Larwitt George Raft
- Brenda 'Lucky' Bentley Larwitt Joan Bennett
- Slant Kolma Lloyd Nolan
- Tim Nolan Walter Pidgeon
- Mary Bogale Gladys George
- Alice Peggy Shannon
- Babe Davis June Knight
- Charley Joseph Sawyer
- Barney, bartender Billy Wayne
- French official George Renavent
- Federal man Joseph Crehan
- Federal judge Edward Fielding
- landlady Virginia Brissac
- [Nolan's houseboy] Miki Morita
- [Lydia, Brenda's maid] Etta Mcdaniel
- [Crawley] Cy Kendall
- [first man in nightclub] William Halligan
- [second man in nightclub] Kenneth Harlan
- [Taresca's henchman] Eddie Marr
- [Taresca's henchman] Norman Willis
- [chorus girl] Jean O'donnell
- [chorus girl] Edith Haskins
- [chorus girl] Mitzi Uehlein
- [chorus girl] Lurline Uller
- [chorus girl] Kay Gordon
- [chorus girl] Pearlie May Norton
- [chorus girl] Victoria Vinton
- [prison guard] James Farley
- [prison guard] Franklyn Farnum
- [prison guard] Pat O'malley
- [prison guard] Martin Cichy
- [reporter] Paul Phillips
- [reporter] John Bohn
- [driver] Max Hoffman
- [driver] Donald Kerr
- [broker] Sam Ash
- [draughtsman] Sam Wren
- [fur pedlar] Harry Tyler
- [Jim, the chauffeur] Max Wagner
- [Jerry, the henchman] Frank Bruno
- [lookout] Mack Gray
- [headwaiter] Sammy Finn
- [French maid] Marcelle Corday
- [Slant's secretary] Frances Morris
- [Mr Hanson] Freeman Wood
- [Brenda's boyfriend] James Craig
- [Brenda's boyfriend] Jack Lubell
- [husband at club] Harry Harvey
- [wife at club] Isabel Withers
- [prison wife on ferry] Dorothy Vaughan
- [prison wife on ferry] Ruth Warren
- [prison wife on ferry] Maxine Leslie
- [prison wife on ferry] Helen Shipman
- [prison wife on ferry] Kitty Mchugh
- [barber] Armand Curly Wright
- [irate customer] Harrison Greene
- [Federal man] Charles Griffin
- [Mrs Hanson] Elsa Peterson
- [French pilot] Peter Camlin
- [French official] Jean Del Val
- [US official] Emmett Vogan
- [newsboy] Allen Wood
- [man in park] Herbert Ashley
- [Taresca's driver] Kit Guard
- [bailiff] Dick Rush
- [dance extra] Cyril Ring
Credits
Direction
- Director Archie L. Mayo
- [Director of Additional Scenes] Alfred Hitchcock
- Assistant Director Charles Kerr
Production
- Production Company Walter Wanger Productions
- Presented by Walter Wanger
- [Production Associate] James Dent
- [Production Associate] Jack Kirston
- [Production Manager] Daniel Keefe
Writing
- Screenplay Kathryn Scola
- Original Story Myles Connolly
Photography
- Director of Photography Merritt B. Gerstad
- Photographic Effects Ray Binger
Stills
- [Still Photographer] William Walling Jr
Editing
- Film Editor Otho Lovering
- Film Editor Dorothy Spencer
- [Film Cutter] Walter Reynolds
Design
- Art Director Alexander Golitzen
- Art Director Associate Richard Irvine
- Interior Decorations Julia Heron
Costumes
- Miss bennett's Wardrobe Irene
- Jewellery Trabert Hoeffer and Mauboussin
Music
- Musical Score Werner Janssen
- Music Director Werner Janssen
Choreography
- [Dance Director] Sammy Lee
Sound
- Sound Frank Maher
- [Sound] Fred Lau
Publicity
- [Unit Publicist] Paul Price
